CEFRIO conducted a 2015 survey profiling users of four Quebec open data portals: the Government of Quebec common portal, Montreal, Quebec City, and Sherbrooke. The dataset includes the questionnaire and responses, aiming to identify data reuse patterns and understand user demographics. It is published under a CC-BY-4.0 license.
Use Cases
- Analyze user demographics and profiles based on survey questions.
- Identify patterns of data reuse from the four portal-specific responses.
- Benchmark portal usage and user satisfaction across different municipal governments.
Strengths
- Survey covers four distinct open data portals, providing comparative insights.
- Includes both the questionnaire and the responses, offering context for the data.
Limitations
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
- Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
- Data may reflect geographic bias inherent to the specific portals surveyed.
Provenance
- Source
- CEFRIO (Center facilitating research and innovation in organizations using ICTs)
- Collection Method
- Survey questionnaire administered to users.
- Time Range
- 2015
- Freshness
- Last updated 2026-04-17 15:52:52.383936; freshness should be verified.
- Geography
- Quebec, Canada (specifically Montreal, Quebec City, Sherbrooke, and provincial government)